School children segregation case taken to court in Kosovo

On 16 January, a law suit was submitted against Gjakovë/Ðakovica. The municipality discriminates minority children, notifies ECMI Kosovo in a press release. ECMI helped the affected parents in preparing the case.

Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children are the alleged victims of discrimination in a law suit that was filed by solicitor Bahtir Troshupa last Wednesday. It is the Directorate of Education of the Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality that is going to sit in the dock.

According to the accusing party the discrimination takes place in the Mustafa Bakija primary school where Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children have been placed in a segregated class separate from their Albanian peers.

Together with the Centre for Legal Aid and Regional Development (CLARD), ECMI Kosovo has supported the affected parents in preparing the case. It is considered to be a strategic litigation case, which is the technical term for a case of public interest.